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You’re Invited... How do you sell indie games in a country that's traditionally wary of online sales and where the local word for "indie games" (doujin games) is more akin to "games just for us?" And how do you sell those games to the outside world and change the minds of critics with a Phil Fish ‘They Just Suck’ point of view? If you're James Mielke, you throw a party.

Place your smartphone on Thanko's new speaker device called Okudake Speaker with Battery. The microphone located on its surface detects sounds from the smartphone's on-board speaker and amplifies them.

The power is fed by USB port or 3 size AA batteries. When the device is connected to a USB port, you can also use it as a smartphone charger or rechargeable battery charger.

...but Some Things, Once Seen, Must be Shared Here at AkihabaraNews, we’ve dedicated thousands of hours to bringing you the best Japanese robotics coverage on the internets. Though our tone is occasionally irreverent, we take the topic quite seriously, and every robotics piece we publish has been thoroughly researched, correlated, connected, and responsibly journalismed.

Today is Kumamon's birthday!(a.k.a. the day when all of the Kyushu Shinkansen routes opened)

Kumamon meets Honda's small motorcycle series, Monkey. The collaboration motorbike Monkey Kumamon Version is going to be released on April 14. The exterior is colored with Kumomon's image color: black and red. Kumamon and Honda's logo are printed on the fuel tank. Red wheels are made in the motif of Kumomon's cheeks.

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